The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-27


 up the country for settlement. It is not the aim of the Gazette nor eff the pioneers of that country to send abroad any eXtraVagant statements in relation to this or any other fruit that may be successfully grown in this region and before being prepared to make the above statement it interviewed the Hon. H. N. Alexander und his esti- mable wife, whose home prior to com ling to Phoenix was at Yuma, who con- irmed all that it had previously heard on this subject, with such authority it feels safe in saying 10 intending immi grants that the banana can be profit ably grown along the lower Gila as high up as Aztec station and experi- ence may determine as far as Gila Bend.
 GRAPES AID FITTED FRUITS.
 It is not generally known that Ari- zona is Tn the same latitude as Persia, the homo of the grape, the peach, the apricot and kindred fruit. Such, how ever, is the case. The climatic and terrestial conditions are the counter parts of each other. Persia IS sue cession of mountains and plains, fertile valleys and sterile deserts. The val leys have been made productive by the labor and intelligence of man who has conducted upon them the waters that come flowing down from the now-cap- ped mountains the same as the hardy sons of toll are doing to-day in the country under consideration. It is an axium as old as the hills that like causes and conditions will produce like results, therefore, 1t is no wonder that grapes, peaches, apricots, nectari- nes, pomegranates and dates, should be as much at home in the Gila country, as in its Asiatic counterpart.
 THE SEASONS.
 Who is ther. that has not heard that stale old story about the dead soldier who waking up in Hades sent back for his blankets, the climate being so much colder there than in Yuma from whence he hailed. It will, no doubt, surprise most people to learn that the annual temperature of this much belied place averages the same throughout the year as Anaheim, Cali fornia, the heat being no greeter and the cold no more. severe. This state ment is made on the authority of the Southern Pacific company'S predica- tions, than which none are more per feet and reliable. This point settled the bugaboo that has hitherto restrain ed people from settling in the Gila valley, gives place to matter of fact statements hatmustinevitahly attract a desirable class of settlers. The or ange lemon and lime natures earlier in Yuma than in Florida and months before they reach perfection in Cali fornia. Early in June the grape puts on it's bloom of ripeness and by the middle of that month they make their appearance in great profusion. The apricots and other pitted fruits are correspondingly early. This gives a whole long month the advantage over the most favored spots in California
 WHAT THIS MEANS.
 To the pomologist the above facts convey a world of meaning. They foreShadow an unlimited demand at a time when the markets of the world are sure of the choicer and more deli cate fruits for which there is an ever lasting craving. They likewise mean such prices as will make the pockets fat and the hearts glad The most conservative men can see hundreds of dollars an acre profit while the san guine will figure it out thousand dol lars and upwards. It means that those lands will have a market value, at no distant day of a thousand dol lars an acre and upwards, when sup piled with the necessary water to re claim them from their desert nature. Two years ago a gentleman by the